English - Dramatist | April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616
The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.
William Shakespeare
DeathStrokePinchLoverHurts
I must be cruel, only to be kind.
Be KindKindCruelMustOnly
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
LifeManHonorMorePreciousFar
To do a great right do a little wrong.
GreatWrongRightLittle
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
SympathySingleComeSpiesSorrows
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
TimeMeNowWasted TimeWastedDoth
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
ActionSuitWord
Nothing can come of nothing.
NothingCome
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
WiseDoubtModestBeacon
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
HeartYouGoKnowAskKnock
There's many a man has more hair than wit.
ManHairMoreWitThanMany
We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.
StartSeedNothingMatterAnything
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